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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1942
Page
3
In Bristol a family welfare report details John and Peter left exposed for over 24 hours in a cold tenement. Their sisters Mary and Jane also required hospital care. The father admitted frequent saloon visits and drunkenness, while the mother had departed after parental quarrels.
President Franklin D Roosevelt calls for national unity and physical fitness to support victory. Citizens urged to walk, bike, swim, play tennis or golf, and organize local recreation. Homemakers offered a sugar free Brown Betty dessert using fruit and graham crackers. Buy War Stamps and Bonds to aid Allied effort.
Hubert F. Hill general secretary of the Y M C A promotes a summer day camp for boys aged 12 to 16, with potential 10 to 12 enrollment, on a seven week schedule from June 29 to mid August. Activities include nature study first aid swimming track and field and trips to local factories and points of interest.
The piece urges public purchase of War Bonds to fund destroyer production for the two ocean Navy. It notes destroyers average about 1800 tons displacement, speed and firepower, with Coral Sea service and a $3.6 million cost each. Navy shipyards are speeding up output. Buy on every pay day, at least ten percent of income.
A collection of quotable lines on virtue honesty and duty. Dr Torrance Phelps urges moral judgment in every minor act Spurgeon warns against trifles Eddy speaks on irresistible right Lowell and Lincoln extol truth and living by one's light Romans 6 16 cautions about servitude to obedience or sin
This column invites readers to weigh in on welfare and interests affecting our town. It invites comments, opinions, and timely observations on local issues and community well being.
A letter from Sandy Fales in Crete Nebraska May 27 942 describes serving as supply minister at Liberty Nebraska and requesting remaining Phoenix subscriptions via the First Congregational Church. He recalls Doane College events Phi Delta Historian election and Pi Kappa Delta forensics, the Doane Cavalcade, teaching Sunday School, harsh Midwest winters and a transfer to a friendlier less crowded region.
Transfers involve Ralph Simonelli and Concetta Simonelli for land and buildings on the west side of Goulart avenue. Diolinda de Almeida of Warren sells land and buildings on the south side of Richmond street to William A. Gomes and others. Albert J. Messier and heirs transfer land at Bristol Narrows to Henry Bonneau and heirs. Wilfred J. Beauregard and others move land and building at Bristol Narrows to Joseph Rinaldi and others. Serafim Ferreira and heirs transfer land and buildings on Franklin and Coggeshall streets. Industrial Trust Co transfers land and buildings at Turner Road and Sunset Ave Beachmount Manor Plat to Andrew J. Campbell and others. Ernest W. Weaver and heirs transfer land and buildings on the north side of Bay View Avenue to Michael Proto and heirs.
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